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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- The Toronto Marlies were not going down without a fight. The Marlies staved off post-season elimination Saturday with a 4-1 win over the Grand Rapids Griffins in Game 5 of the American Hockey League Western Conference semifinals to send the series back to Toronto. The Griffins still lead the series 3-2, but Toronto will host Game 6 on Tuesday, and if necessary, Game 7 on Wednesday. "I have nothing but the utmost respect for the men that we have in our room," Toronto coach Dallas Eakins said. "We have a group that made a long run last year and have been through a lot of adversity with our lineup this year. I knew they would not go quietly into the dark night, and I knew they would fight back. Thats what you saw tonight." After a scoreless first period, the Marlies scored twice in the final 10 minutes of the second period. Will Actons shot from the top deflected twice toward the goal, with Spencer Abbott knocking the second one in past Grand Rapids goaltender Petr Mrazek. Toronto added another goal five minutes later when Abbott and Acton converted a 2-on-1 break in front of the Griffins net. Abbott delivered a touch pass to Acton, who deposited a shot into the right corner to give the Marlies a 2-0 lead. "We played well, and we knew coming out we had to be desperate," said Abbott, who finished with a goal and two assists. "We got the job done tonight, and our goaltender played awesome. Without him in the net, it wouldve been a totally different game." Eakins said he changed lines after Fridays Game 4 loss, and put Abbott, Acton and Jerry DAmigo together on the same line. "I flipped the lines around to give us what I thought was three strong lines, and that was one of them," he said. "They were excellent tonight, and we thought they would were a good threesome and it certainly paid off here tonight" Grand Rapids had a pair of 5-on-3 advantages in the second, but Torontos penalty kill turned away each chance. "Absolutely huge," Eakins said. "Those came at a key point in the game, and I thought that was the turning point in the game." The Marlies increased their lead to 3-0 less than three minutes into the third period on a power play goal from Morgan Rielly. Luke Glendening scored Grand Rapids lone goal four minutes later, but Toronto put the game out of reach on Mike Zigomanis power-play goal with seven minutes remaining in regulation. "Its always nice when your power play can chip in," Eakins said. "A lot of times you can feed off the success or the downfall of it, and when you score, its a good feeling. And I liked how we reacted after they scored to make it 3-1." Marlies goaltender Drew MacIntyre made 32 saves, while Mrazek stopped 20 shots for the Griffins. 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But he knows it started to hurt him that week. He played through it, claimed the trophy, then played the next weeks U.S. Open, making the cut, though finishing well out of contention.Two weeks later, the shoulder still hurting, he withdrew from the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, then flew to New York for an MRI.The good news was that it wasnt a serious injury; there was no tear or structural damage. The bad news was that it was in a sensitive spot and didnt seem to be healing quickly.Every single week Im like, all right, Im going to play this week and Im chipping and putting, but I wasnt hitting any balls, he said. [Then] three days before the tournament, Im like, all right, still cant hit balls, probably not a good idea to go play, and had to pull out of the British [Open], which sucked. But I feel like Ive done everything right to this point, so to be here right now has kind of been part of my plan.Where he is right now is leading by three over a trio of contenders -- Russell Knox,?Tyrone van Aswegen?and Russell Henley -- in search of his second victory in four starts, without any palpable momentum in between them.Berger maintained that during competition the shoulder injury isnt still hurting him, though admitted it does afterward.Tonight itll definitely be sore, and Ill ice and get some treatment, he said after his third-rouund 62.ddddddddddddThats right: 62.Already in contention, Berger stepped on the gas pedal Saturday, dropping nine birdies against just a single bogey.Posting a score just two shy of the course record would be impressive for any player, but its especially impressive for a guy who hasnt played much golf over the past few months and is still dealing with that bothersome shoulder.Ive never played a golf tournament in my life injured, but I talked to some of the other guys, and Jerry Kelly told me in his 600 starts, more than half of them he was feeling bad, said Berger. I guess youve got to learn to play hurt a little bit, obviously, if youre not going to hurt it anymore. But it feels great this week and if I do the right things, then hopefully its gone forever.He has more motivation than just recovering from the injury.A win would likely move Berger from 18th in the United States Ryder Cup standings to 12th, within striking distance of the eight automatic roster spots for this years team. He wants to reach that goal for the obvious reasons, sure, but theres another one that is keeping him inspired, too.His father, Jay, twice represented the U.S. in the Davis Cup -- tennis closest competition to the Ryder Cup. He won a singles match in both 1988 and 1990, helping his country win the title in the second of those years.I think that would be pretty cool to have father and son play Davis Cup and Ryder Cup, said the younger Berger. So thats one of my goals. But if its not this year then Ill look toward the next one, but I know Ill be great in that environment and Ill be tough to beat, whoever Mr. Clarke put up against me.He wont even need any momentum.As Berger is showing this week, even coming off an injury, hes been able to pick up right where he left off beforehand. ' ' '